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VOL. III. No. 23.]

London, Saturday, 11th June, 1803.

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CONTENTS.-Navy, 865.
Gen. Mortier's Proclamation, Maltese Letter, 867. City Address, 868. Parliamen-
Naval
tary Minutes, 869. Foreign Countries, 875. Birth Day Ode, 876. Military Movements, 877.
American States, 882. Conduct of France,
Affairs, 878. Doctor and Cocker, 879. St. Domingo, 879.
Maltese Papers, 890. Finance, 892. Censure
Garbled Papers, 886. Continental Powers, 888.
on Ministers, 893. City Address, 895. Mr. Suett, 896.

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ON THE NAVY.

SIR, I have attentively observed the answers that have been made in the "Times" to the several Letters which have appeared in your Register relative to the Navy; and in order to expose the contradictory and shuffling attempts to refute the assertions that have been adduced by your Correspondents, I have extracted from that disinterested Journal the "Times," the para graphs which have been inserted by the partizans.

Monday, 16th May, in an- Monday, 6th June, in answer to L. M. swer to "Veritas."

No greater exertion has been used in fitting the Victory, than any other ship, as a very superficial inquiry of what has been done at the several Ports will show; and as if fate had decreed, that this ship, which was to be trumpeted about as a striking instance of the imbecility of the Admiralty, should in the end be a proof of the infamous falsehoods to which their calumniators have had recourse, at the very time this catalogue of lies was issuing from the Committee, stating "that by the greatest efforts, and forsooth solely to contradict the auricular Cobbett, she was got to Long Reach," We pledge ourselves that she had actually sailed from the Nore," not with 50 men, including officers, men, and boys, independent of her marines," but with her full complement.

With respect to the stated deficiency of blankets, stores, timber, &c. We repeat, however, that there is no quant of stores.

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And now, Sir, having faithfully transcribed the answer of the tools of the Admiralty, to the observations of your correspondents at the different periods alluded to, I will only ask every unprejudiced person, if upon the very face of their replies the most palpable contradiction does not appear? In the first place, on the 16th of May, they say, that with regard to the Victory, no extraordinary exertions were made use of, and speaking of the stores, they assure the public, that there is no rvant.-On the 6th of June following, they then observe, that if their eyes had not been particularly on the Victory she would now have been in the River Medway, a decided acknowledgment that extraordinary exertions were made use of, and therefore a confirmation of L. M's assertion.-And with regard to stores (to make use of their own words) "if there really is a scarcity of timber." Real scarcity! What does this observation imply? A tacit confession that a scarcity does exist, whereas, before, they flatly con tradicted the statement of your correspondent. But Sir, their shifting the culpability from the shoulders of the Admiralty to those of the Navy Board, when they could no longer defend them from the just attacks of your correspondents, must be considered by every impartial person as a paltry subterfuge, worthy only of the little minds they possess.I cannot help remarking, that many observations which have been adduced in your Register, they have passed over unnoticed, because, Sir, they were thoroughly persuaded that they had nothing to offer in extenuation.They talk much of the thwarting system, and basely throw out insinuations tending to defame and villify the Navy Board. For my own part, I cannot help observing, that I think the principle of thwarting ought solely to be attached to the Admiralty, for had they not so furiously have driven so many of the shipwrights from the Dock-Yards, our means of offence and defence would now have been much more considerable, not to say a word of the remains of our fleets abroad which were commissioned during the late war.-And, Sir, I have strong reason to suppose, that had not the war have broken out, the emigration of artificers this

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summer would have been very considerable. But happily for the country the war has prevented that evil, and has likewise completely frustrated the highly impolitic parsimonious proceedings of the Admiralty, such proceedings as Lord St. Vincent, himself, strongly reprobated at the close of the American war. Believe me, Sir, your hearty well-wisher. E. R.

PUBLIC PAPERS.

Coevorden, May 25, 1803. Edouard Mortier, Lieutenant-General, Commander in Chief, to the Inhabitants of the Electorate of Hanover, Hanoverians,-A French army is entering your territory; it comes not to spread consternation in your fields, but to withdraw the portion of the Continent which you inhabit, from a government inimical to the repose of Europe, and which makes it its glory to tread under feet all the principles of the rights of men and of civilized nations. The First Consul, faithful to the sentiments of moderation and humanity, which distinguish him as eminently as his political and warlike virtues, the First Consul has, in vain, exhausted all the means of conciliation to prevent a rupture-The King of England, perjured as to his most sacred engagements, has falsified his signature by refusing to evacuate Malta, as he had solemnly bound himself to do by the Treaty of Amiens; he has given the signal for hostilities, and remains alone responsible before God and men for the calamities which the scourge of war may bring upon the States under his dominions. am informed, that proclamations, dictated by the blindest fury, have been made to engage you in a dispute, to which you ought to be strangers; preserve yourselves from an aggression equally absurd and useless, and of which you alone will remain the victims.Hanoverians, I promise you safety and protection, if, consulting your true interests, vou separate your cause from that of a Sovereign, who, in breaking all the ties of good faith, has thereby freed you from the attachment which you might have lield yourselves to owe him.The severest discipline will reign amongst the troops whom I command; your persons, your properties will be respected; but in return require from you such proceedings as there is a right to expect from a peaceable people.

ED. MORTIER.

Translation of a Letter from the Maltese Deputies to Lord Hobart, dated London, 2d April, 1802. Laid before Parliament on the 6th of June, 1803.

My Lord,-The Deputies of the Islands of Malta and Gozo, have the honour of presenting to your Excellency, the warmest thanks for all that you have deigned to do in favour of their Nation, We are not ignorant, my Lord, of all that you must have had to overcome, in order to insure the tranquility and happiness of our Country. The defence of it, which you have been pleased to undertake, is worthy the loyalty and magnanimity of your nation. Being unable to have the honour of forming a part of the Empire of his Britannic Majesty, by a faithful submission, we shall have that of being always united to it by an affectionate gratitude.In transmitting to our latest descendants the story of our revolution, we shall tell them, that. without the assistance of Great Britain, our ruin must have been inevitable; and the date of our happiness will be the date of the protection

with which your Excellency has honoured us.-— We entreat you, my Lord, to permit us, at a seasonable opportunity, to lay before you that, which would complete the iclicity of the Maltese Nation; and to accept, if you please, the homage of the lively gratitude and respectful devotion, with which we have the honour to be, My Lord, Your most humble, and most obedient Servants, (Signed)—Le Marquis Testaferrata, L'Abbé Mallia, Député, L'Abbé Ricaud, Député, Antoine Mallia, Député, Ph. Castagna, Lieut. and Député, Michel Cachia, l'éputé.

To H. E. Lord Hcbait, Minister of H. B. M.

OFFICIAL PAPER.

Londen, June 8.-To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. The Humble Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.

May it please your Majesty,We your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, beg leave to approach the Throne at this important crisis, with our renewed sentiments of fidelity and allegiance to your Majesty's person, crown, and government.

We are fully persuaded of the necessity for the decisive and dignified measures adopted by your Majesty by the recall of your Majesty's Ambas sador from France, and the vigorous posture of defence of the United Kingdom to repel the designs of that government, whose inordinate and insatiable views of restless ambition, are manifestly directed to overthrow the glorious constitution of these realns, and give a mortal stab to our exis. tence as a free and independent nation. The jus◄ tice of your Majesty's cause, and the moderation of your clains, must be felt and acknowledged by every surrounding power; and we are convinced that the brave and happy people of this land, conscious of the purity of their freedom, and the inestimable privileges they enjoy under your Majes ty's mild and paternal rule, will, with one hand and heart, resolve to defend and maintain them. Your Majesty's faithful Citizens of London teel a grateful pride in this assurance of kindred loyalty throughout your Majesty's dominions, and are deeply sensible of the eminent distinction they are invested with by this opportunity of testifying their fidelity and attachinent to their beloved Sovereign. It is our earnest prayer that every blessing may attend and prosper your Majesty's zeal and exertions for the welfare of your people, and should substantial peace mt be attainable but by the decision of the sword, may the calamities of not to be averted be lost in the success and glory of its achievements.Your Majesty's faithful Citizens, cannot, however, refrain from expressing their satisfaction at the disposition manifested by your Majesty, of availing yourself of any favourable circunstance of terminating the subsisting differences, whenever it can be done consistently with the honour and dignity of your Majesty's Crown, and the security and welfare of the British Empire.

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(Signed) by order of Court,
HENRY WOODTHORPE.

His Majesty received them very graciously, and returned the foiloring answer.

I receive with great satisfaction this dutiful and loyal address from My City of LondonMy endeavours to preserve peace have been unhappily frustrated by the restless spirit of aggrandizement which actuates the councils of the French governs

ment-but I trust the united and vigorous exertions of the Nation at large in support of the just cause in which we are engaged, will, under the protection of Divine Providence, enable Me to maintain the dignity of My Crown, and to defend the rights and interests of My people against every aggression.

PARLIAMENTARY MINUTES (from page 820.)

Thursday, June 2-LORDS.-Duke of Leeds took his seat-Several public and private Bills brought from Commons, and read.-Bills on table forwarded.-Earl Fitzwilliam after a long speech moved the following resolutions:-"1st, Resolved, "That it appears to this House from the Decla"ration issued by his Majesty on the 18th inst. "and laid before this House by his Majesty's

command, that the conduct of the French Re"public towards this country during the whole "period which has elapsed since the conclusion "of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, is considered "by his Majesty's ministers as having exhibited

one continued series of aggression, violence, and "insult; and as necessarily creating a thorough conviction of a system deliberately adopted by "France for the purpose of degrading, vilifying, and insulting his Majesty and his governmen'.'

-2d, Resolved, "That his Majesty's ministers having throughout the whole period from the "Definitive Treaty of Peace to the breaking out "of the present war, neither communicated to

Parliament any knowledge of the sense which "they now appear to have entertained respecting "the conduct and system of France, nor any regular information of the particulars on which the same was founded, or of the steps taken by his Majesty's government thereupon, have thereby withheld from this House the necessary materials for the due and full discharge of its con"stitutional functions; and that by encouraging

throughout the country an unfounded security “and conâdence in the permanence of peace, they "have embarrassed and perplexed our commerce; "have deceived the expectations, and unnecessa "rily harassed the spirit of the people; and have "materially increased and aggravated the dithi"culties of our actual situation."A long debate ensued between Loids Limerick, Grosvenor, Darnley, Fife, Boringdon, Suffolk, Westmoreland, Mulgrave, Carlisle, Ellenborough, Carysfort, Alvanley, Grenville, Grantiey, Warwick, the Lord Chancellor, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. During the debate, an adjournment was moved by Lord Mulgrave and negatived 106 to 18.-The minority were, Duke of Montrose, Earls Pomfret, Gower, Essex, Bathurst, Camden, Romney, Aboyne, Glasgow, Macartney, Harrington (gold stick) Viscount Melville, Lords Lowther, Borringdon, Gwydir, Amherst (bedchamb.), Braybrooke, Mulgrave.- -The question on the first resolution was then put and negatived 96 to 14.— The minority were-Earls Fitzwilliam, Spencer, Carlisle, Caernarvon, Thanet, Besborough, Carysfort, Warwick, Mansfield, Fortescue, Lords Grenville, Minto, Kenyon, Yarborough. The others were negatived without a division.-House summoned for Monday.-Adjourned.-COMMONS. -Port of London and Ordnance Bills read.--Convoy Bill reported with amendments.-Markham's Divorce Bill trom the Lords, read and passed.Mr. Canning moved, "That an humble address "be presented to his Majesty, praying that he

would graciously be pleased to order that there "be laid before the House, a copy of the con

"ferences held between Lord Cornwallis and Ci"tizen J. Buonaparté, on the 18th and 19th of "February 1802, at Amiens, respecting the in

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disposition of the Maltese, towards the Order "of St. John of Jerusalem."-Also, " A copy of "the Protocol published by the French govern"ment relative to the same subject.”—Also, "A "copy of the memorials transmitted by the inha"bitants of Malta, through their deputies, or our "commissioners in that Island to the British mi"nisters."-Also, "The date of the order issued "for sending away the French commercial com"missioner, Citizen Chapir, from Jersey." First and last resolutions agreed to,-On motion of the Attorney General, leave granted to bring in a Bill to remove certain defects which have occurred in issuing certain Exchequer Bills.-On motion of the Secretary at War, a committee appointed "to "consider how the provisions of the Militia Law "of England might be applied to Scotland, when "the Militia was called out for actual service." "Mr. Sheridan moved, that Mr. Mainwaring do, "by himself or agent, deliver in, on or before, the 31st of the present month, a list of Freeholders, "who gave their votes for him to serve as a Mem"ber of Parliament for the County of Middlesex, "and that Sir Francis Burdett, also, by himself or

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agent, deliver in the same at the time above "mentioned."-After some conversation between Messrs. Fox, Bragge, Sheridan, and the Attorney General, the first of November was fixed on for the exchange on motion of the latter gentleman.Ship Burning Bill read in Committee.-Cotton Workmen's Dispute Bill read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions reported by the committee on the assessed taxes agreed to, and leave given to bring in a Bill.-Reports of the Committees of Supply, and of Ways and Means, ordered for Wednesday.--Militia Provision Bill, committed for this day sennight.—Adjourned.

Friday, June 3.COMMONS.-Report on the survey of the Highlands of Scotland, laid on table, and ordered to be printed.-Ordnance estimates laid on table.-Report on Ship Burning Bill agreed to.-Ordnance Estate Bill read second time and committed for Monday-Convoy Bill read third time and passed.-Mr. Giles moved for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the Act of the 424 of his present Majesty, as relates to the oath or affirmation, respecting bribery to be taken at elections, enacted 2d George II.-Mr. Patten moved the following resolutions:-" That it ap

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pears to this House, from the Declaration is"sued by his Majesty on the 18th day of May "last, and laid before this House by his Majesty's "command, that the conduct of the French Re"public, during the whole period which has "elapsed since the conclusion of the Definitive "Treaty of Peace, is considered by his Majesty's "ministers as having been altogether inconsistent "with every principle of good faith, moderation, "and justice; as having exhibited one continued "series of aggression, violence, and insult, and as "necessarily creating a thorough conviction of a "system deliberately adopted by France for the

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purpose of degrading, vilifying, and insulting, "his Majesty and his government."-"That his "Majesty's ministers having, throughout the "whole period, from the conclusion of the Defi"nitive Treaty of Peace, to the issuing of His "Majesty's declaration of the 18th day of May "last, neither communicated to Parliament any "knowledge of the stuse which they now appear "to have entertained respecting the conduct and system of France, nor any regular information

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"of the particulars on which the same was found"ed, or of the steps taken by his Majesty's go"vernment thereupon, have thereby withheld "from this House the necessary materials for a "due and full discharge of its constitutional func"tions; and that, by encouraging throughout "the country an unfounded security (and confi

dence in the permanence of peace, they have "embarrassed and perplexed our commerce, have deceived the expectations, and unnecessarily harassed the spirit of the people, and have materially increased and aggravated the difficulties "of our actual situation That it was the duty "of his Majesty's ministers to make timely and “adequate representations against such acts as "have, in their judgment, constituted a series of

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aggression, violence, and insult, on the part of "France: that, by dignified and temperate re

monstrances, followed up with consistency, and "sustained with firmness, either the course and "progress of such acts would have been arrested, "without the necessity of recurring to arms, or "the determination of the French government to "persist therein, would have been distinctly as"certained, before his Majesty had, by the reduction of His forces, and the surrender of His conquests, put out of His hands the most effectual means of obtaining redress and reparation; that "this essential duty appears to have been, in a

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very great degree, neglected by his Majesty's "ministers; and that such their neglect and omis"sion have been highly injurious to the public "interests:-That it appears to this House, that 46 on the 17th of October last, counter orders "were dispatched by his Majesty's government, "revoking the orders before given for the sur"render of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the "other conquests then held by his Majesty; and "that the final order, by virtue of which his Ma

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jesty's forces actually evacuated the Cape, was "sent on the 16th of November: that on the said "16th of November, the hostile spirit of France "had (in the judgment of his Majesty's ministers "as now avowed by them) already been manifest

ed, for more than six months, by one continued "series of aggression, violence, and insult, for "which neither reparation now redress had down "to that moment been obtained: that the offen"sive principle had already been distinctly ad"vanced, of excluding his Majesty from all con"cern in the affairs of the Continent; that the Spanish and other Priories had already been withdrawn from the Order of Malta; Piedmont, "Parma, Placentia, and Elba, had been annexed "to France, Switzerland had been attacked and

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subjugated, and the remonstrance of his Majesty's government upon that subject had been "treated with indiguity and contempt; the ter"ritory of the Batavian Republic was at that very "monient still occupied by the armies of the "Chief Consul of France, and its internal admi"nistration still controuled by his interference; "and the French government was then actually engaged in the pursuit of those plans and measures for the subversion of the Turkish Empire, to which his Majesty's declaration refers, as a "violation of the Treaty of Peace: that in di"recting, under such circumstances, the final surrender of the Cape, without having previously "explained or arranged the numerous points of "difference and complaint which then actually

subsisted between the two governments, his Majesty's ministers acted in contradiction to the sense which they had themselves manifested of their own duty, and have im

"providently exposed to danger some of the "most important interests of his Majesty's do"minions."A long debate took place between Colonels Graham, and Boston, Mr. Browne, Lords Kensington and Temple, Mr. Hobhouse, Sir W. Young, Mesars. Fonblanque, Archdale, and Courtney, Sirs W. W. Wynne, and W. Milner, Messrs. Metcalfe, Gregor, Borland, and Grenville, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Pitt, Lord Hawkesbury, Mr. Cauning, Lord Castlereagh, the Master of the Rolls, and Secretary at War.During the debate on the first resolution, the order of the day was moved by Mr. Pitt, and negatived 333 to 56.-The minority were-Lord Binning, Sir R. Buxton, Messrs. Burdon, Bradshaw, Branding, Cowper, Dupre, Dickenson, sen. Dickenson, jun. Hon. R. Dundas, Rt. Hon. W. Dundas, Sir H. Dalrymple, Mr. Elliot, Sir W. Elford, Lord Fitzharris, Messrs. Fuller, Ferguson, Col. Graham, Messrs. T. Graham, Gunning, C. Hope, Hammet, Henderson, Long, Lord Lovaine, Mr. H. Leigh, Hon. H. Lascelles, Messrs. T. Lowther, W. Lowther, Manning, Sir H. Mildmay, Messrs. Mordaunt, Morland, Pitt, M. Pitt, Phipps, Sir R. Peel, Sir Robert Preston, Lord H. Petty, Messrs. R. Penn, Rose, Rutherford, Sloane, Sturges, Sir J. Stewart, Messrs. G. Smith, Smith, C. Smith, Claude Scott, Sam. Scott, H. Thornton, T. Villiers, J. Warde, Wigram, Wilberforce, G. Warde.--The original motion was then put and negatived 275 to 34. The minority were. Rt. H. W. Windham, W. Sturges, Sir W. Young, W. Elliott, Hon. G. H. Dundas, H. A. Dillon, Gascoyne, Lord G. L. Gower, Sir W. Elford, Hon. T. Berkley, C. Codrington, Holland, Rt. H. G. Canning, Lords Temple, Porchester, Folkstone, Hon. L. Dundas, J. C. Beresford, Sirs, W. W. Wynne, Gregor, Cartwright, Lord Kensington, B. Cook, W. Poyntz, Peter Patton, Rt. H. T. Grenville, Dr. Lawrence, Hon. C. Dundas, Sirs H. Mildmay, Dent, C. Wynne, J. Osborne, Sir R. Lawley, Lord Morpeth, Sir J. C. Hippesley, Foljambe.-The others were negatived without a division.-Adjourned.

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Monday, June 6.-LORDS.-Committee of privileges postponed.-Several private bills from the Commons read.--Archbishop of Cashel and Bishop of Lincoln took their seats.-Second Report from Commissioners' Naval Enquiry presented and ordered to be printed.-Bills on table forwardedLord Sheffield presented a bill to regulate the "forms of convictions by Justices of the Peace, "and to render such Justices more safe in the "execution of their office," which was read.Duke of Norfolk called the attention of their lordships to a breach of privilege, upon which the strangers were ordered to withdraw.-Earl Fitzwilliam moved, "1. That it was the duty of his

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Majesty's ministers to make timely and ade"quate representations against all those acts as "lave, in their judgment, constituted a series of

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systematic aggressions, violence, and insult' "on the part of France. That, by dignified and "temperate remonstrances, followed up with "consistency and sustained with firmness, either "the course and progress of such acts would "have been arrested, without the necessity of re"curring to arms; or the determination of the "French Government, to persist therein, would "have been distinctly ascertained, before his "Majesty had proceeded so far, both in the re"duction of his forces, and the surrender of his

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Conquests. That this essential duty appears to "have been neglected by his Majesty's ministers, "and that such their omission and neglect have "been highly injurious to the public interests.

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2. That the principal circumstances which "have in the judgment of his Majesty's ministers "rendered it impossible to execute the Tenth "Article of the Treaty of Amiens must have been "known to his Majesty's ministers either before, ❝or very soon after, the exchange of its Ratifica"tions, which exchange took place on the 18th "April. That nevertheless no steps appear to have been taken until the 9th of February last, towards obtaining by discussion or explanation "with the French Government, the removal of "this most important difficulty.-That so far "from taking any such steps, his Majesty's mi"nisters made repeated applications to that Go"vernment during the whole of the last summer to accelerate the execution of the article in its

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prejudicial to the character of the British na"tion, inasmuch as the favourable opportunity

for negotiating on this subject, while his Ma"jesty was still in possession of his other con

quests, was thereby lost, and the discussion re"served to a period when a recourse to arms "constituted the only means by which his Ma"jesty can resist the unreasonable demands of "the enemy, and support the just cause of his • people.

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3. That it appears to this House, that on the 17th of October last, counter-orders were dispatched by his Majesty's Government, revoking "the orders before given for the surrender of the "Cape of Good Hope, and of the other conquests

then held by his Majesty; and that the final order, by virtue of which his Majesty's forces actually evacuated the Cape of Good Hope, was not sent "till the 16th of November last. That on the

said 16th of November the hostile spirit of France had (in the judgment of his Majesty's "ministers) already been manifested for more than six months, by one continued series of aggression, violence, and insult,' for which "neither reparation nor redress' had down to "that moment been obtained. That the offen

sive principle had already been distinctly ad vanced, of excluding his Majesty from all concern in the affairs of the Continent. That the Spanish and other Priories had already been i withdrawn from the Order of Malta. Pied"mont, Parma, Placentia, and Elba had been an"nexed to France; Switzerland had been attack

ed and subjugated, and the remonstrance of his "Majesty's Government on that subject, had "been treated with indignity and contempt. The

territory of the Batavian Republic was at that very moment still occupied by the armies of the "French, and its internal administration still controuled by their interference, and the French "Government itself was then actually engaged in the pursuit of those plans and measures for "The subversion of the Turkish Empire, to which

his Majesty's Declaration has referred as a violation of the treaty of peace. That in direct#ing under such circumstances the final surren

"der of the Cape, without having in the interval "made any previous attempts to explain or are "range the numerous points of difference and "complaint which then actually subsisted be"tween the two Governments, his Majesty's mi "nisters have acted in contradiction to the sense "they had themselves manifested of their own "duty, and have improvidently exposed to danger some of the most important interests of his "Majesty's dominions.

(6 4. That by these instances of misconduct, "his Majesty's ministers have proved them"selves unworthy of the confidence of this House, "and incapable of administering with advantage "the public affairs in a crisis of such unexampled "difficulty and danger."-This produced a long debate between his R. H. the Duke of Clarence, Lords Coventry, Minto, Grosvenor, Bolton, Warwick, Scarborough, De Dunstanville, Carysfort, Darnley, Hobart, Suffolk, Grenville, the Lord Chancellor, and Lords Spencer and Pelham.→ The first motion was negatived 86 to 17, and the others without a division. Adjourned.-COMMONS. Second Report of Commissioners Naval Enquiry presented and ordered to be printed. Petitions from Manufacturers of Silk and of Earthen-ware, against the Consolidated Duty Bill, presented, and laid on table.-Radnor Election Committee reported the sitting members duly elected, and the petitions not frivolous or vexa tious. Ship Burning Bill and Ship Passengers Bill read and passed.-His Majesty's Speech of November last, concerning the accommodation of mercantile persons, ordered to be considered in Committee to-morrow.Militia Pay Bill read and ordered to be printed.-Committee reported Ordnance Land Bill which was ordered for to-mor➡ row.-House went into Committee of Supply, and the Secretary at War presented the usual Esti mates, upon which considerable debate arose be tween Messrs. Windham and Pitt, the Secretary at War, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Generals Tarleton and Norton, and Sir J. Pulteney. The Secretary at War then moved the following reso◄ lutions, which were agreed to.-29.3371. for the full pay of the Supernumeraries of the Army for one year, from the 25th December, 1802, to the 24th December, 1803.—266,0041. 148. 10. for the In and Out- Pensioners of Chelsea and Kilmaine.

ham Hospitals.-811cl. 8s. 11d. for the Royal Military College-31,000l. for Royal Military. Asylum at Chelsea.-18,2701. 11s, Id, for one. Regiment of Light Dragoons, and one West-India Regiment retained on the establishment of the Army; of an Augmentation of Dragoons in Great Britain, and the three Regiments of Foot Guards. -31,0ccl. for Allowances to General and Staff Officers.-35,75 11. for the effective Gaptains to the Companies of Cavalry and Infantry, hereto. fore commanded by Colonels, Lieutenant Colo-. nels, and Majors.-1,747,5701. for, the Militia embodied in Great-Britain and Ireland, and Miners of Cornwall and Devon.-38,3451. 12s. 74. for Contingencies of Ditto.743,8911. for Cloathing of Ditto.145,000l. for increased Subsistence to Ina-keepers, and Allowance of Bei to None, Commissioned Officers and Privates of Militia, &c. -416,000l. for Supplementary Militia 300,000',, charge of Volunteer Corps in Great-Britain 58,3331. for Barrack Department. Mr. Pole then moved the following resolutions concerning the ordnance, which were also agreed to.-282,065Ï.ics. Ind. for Great-Britain.-20,ocal. further Charges of the Ordnance Office in Ireland 33,9001. outstanding Claims on the said Oue.-Report of

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